Griffin Supports Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Tax on Internet Access

Statement

Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) issued the following statement today after the House passed the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (H.R. 3086):

"For the many Arkansans and Americans around the country that depend on the Internet for their education, employment, businesses and communications with family and friends, this bill ensures their ability to utilize the Internet free of additional burdensome costs. Today's bipartisan bill simply makes permanent the tax measures that protect Americans from higher Internet access fees by keeping it tax free."

Rep. Griffin is a cosponsor of H.R. 3086, which bans state taxes on internet access and multiple or discriminatory state taxes on e-commerce. In 1998, Congress temporarily banned state and local governments from taxing internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce. This ban was extended three times with enormous bipartisan support. In the entire history of these extensions, only five "no" votes were ever cast in the House and Senate. The most recent extension passed in 2007 and expires on November 1, 2014. H.R. 3086 would extend this ban and make it permanent by striking the 2014 end date.

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